Deployable Surveillance Systems

Abstract

The Deployable Surveillance Systems (DSS) project (0344), complementing FSS and SURTASS, provides flexible and responsive wide area surveillance to the Theater Anti-Submarine Warfare (TASW) commanders worldwide. DSS will operate as adjunct systems to meet the established FSS and SURTASS missions and to meet additional missions as articulated in the OPNAV Top Level Requirements document and follow-on Course of Action Analysis (COAA) and as dictated by TASW commanders evolving and emergent operational requirements. DSS is comprised of the following systems: Deep Water Passive (DWP), Deep Water Active (DWA), and Mobile Passive Active System (MPAS). Informed by TASW Offset operations and the tailored requirements process, the DSS Middle Tier Acquisition (MTA) Rapid Fielding Program will focus initially on the DWP increment and associated spiral development updates. Spiral developments to meet the evolving submarine threat will leverage on-going Navy, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and small business research efforts including processing and sensor technology. Follow-on increments will be focused on DWA and MPAS. PMS 485 market research of DWP industry capabilities concludes that DWP Spiral 2.0 is not achievable within the programs current cost and schedule parameters. Based on analysis of this market research, PMS 485 has suspended DWP Spiral 2.0 efforts, but will continue to field Spiral 1.0 units and to develop incremental improvements for DWP Spiral 1.0. The FY 2022 funding supports the fabrication of four (4) DWP Spiral 1.1 LRIP units and deployment and sustainment of FY 2021 fabricated nodes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2022
Source ID
0344_0204311N_7_1319_PB_2022

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  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies

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